Pending the result, the defendant will be remanded at the Jerudong Prison until the next mention fixed on April 4 at 2pm.

During the hearing yesterday, defence counsels for the defendant, Mr Siva Sankaran from Check Sankaran and Halim Advocates and Solicitors, applied to the court for Richard to be discharged but not amounting to an acquittal.

Senior Magistrate Mohd Faisal, however, dismissed the application.

The magistrate said that he believed the prosecution is not delaying the matter unnecessarily, bearing in mind that it is a triple murder case.

The defendant, a 53-year-old car salesman and a father of two, is facing the death penalty if convicted of the murder charges.

He was charged with three counts of murder, specifically committing murder by causing the death of Maual bin Jambu, 44, an engineer, followed by 37-year-old teacher Seniwati bte Untong, and Neena Asmira bte Aziz, 2.

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